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Crazy Love

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I think I promised a really, really long time ago to tell the full story of how Randy & I met and got together. It really is a crazy story, and it definitely shows The Lord's hand in bringing us together from a very early time. Since it's Valentine's Day, now seemed like a good time to share "the story of us." photo by McKenzie Baird I'll begin with where things start from my end... When I was about to be a senior in high school, my mom was going insane because I wasn't even thinking about which schools I wanted to attend once I graduated. I had no clue. I didn't even know where to begin. At that time, she was working at our church in the creative arts department and a friend from church, whom I didn't know well at the time, was interning with the youth department and told my mom about her university a few hours away. Before I even knew what was going on, we were scheduled for a trip to go visit and I was furious. I had a boyfriend bac

twenty-three

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This has been a great birthday week! I have found myself thinking of my birthday last year, and this year has definitely been a step up! If you've known me for a while, or have been reading this blog a while, then you might remember my hospital stay last year on the week of my birthday. I was there for epilepsy monitoring, to see if I really had epilepsy or not. Fortunately, the results revealed I did not have epilepsy, but it began a new part of our journey to find out what was causing my seizures. Not sure if we're too much closer to figuring everything out, but at least I'm not back there. So for my 23rd birthday, I decided this is going to be a new year, full of new and exciting things! I wasn't really planning making a sweeping declaration like that, but I've been making some decisions lately, and it just seemed like where my life was supposed to be this year. I'm excited! I think a lot of you have already seen it, but Randy & I have put togethe